Pediatric ocular trauma is a commonly seen in patients with maxillofacial trauma.[1] It often results in phthisis bulbi, a small, shrunken, non-functional eye. Therapeutic options are limited in phthisical eyes and provide only symptomatic relief. Majority of patients with phthisis bulbi eventually become blind resulting in aesthetic disfigurement of face resulting in psychological and emotiona...

PURPOSE To report two cases of bilateral retinoblastoma (RB) with unusual presentations. METHODS The medical records of 321 patients from the Retinoblastoma Referral Center in Siena were reviewed. A total of 111 patients had bilateral RB, 2 of them presenting with phthisis bulbi and buphthalmos. Both patients underwent bilateral enucleation. Clinical features, imaging studies, and histopathol...

Uveitis is a group of intraocular inflammatory diseases that affects mainly patients of working age. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease is a chronic, granulomatous, systemic and autoimmune disease with manifestations in the eye, skin, and hearing and nervous systems. Ocular complications include cataract, glaucoma, choroidal neovascular membrane formation, and subretinal fibrosis, which can lead to p...

Here we report a case of childhood glaucoma refractory to angle and trabeculectomy surgery. The patient was treated with an Ahmed™ drainage implant that was subsequently complicated by rapid-onset panophthalmitis and orbital cellulitis. Intravenous and intravitreal antibiotic therapy was initiated and the drainage tube was removed. The infectious process resolved within 3 weeks; however, phthis...